Food-thickening agent

The answer

AGAR

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AGAR answer page.

Used 17 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1987. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• ARROWROOT (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for AGAR

Every other clue in this collection answered by AGAR, most used first.

• Culture medium - used 270 times, most recently in 2026
• Food thickener - used 105 times, most recently in 2026
• Seaweed product - used 89 times, most recently in 2024
• Petri dish gel - used 82 times, most recently in 2026
• Lab gel - used 81 times, most recently in 2026
• Ice cream thickener - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
• Thickening agent - used 52 times, most recently in 2025
• Seaweed substance - used 43 times, most recently in 2021
• Gelling agent - used 36 times, most recently in 2024
• Lab medium - used 28 times, most recently in 2018
• Petri dish stuff - used 27 times, most recently in 2020
• Chinese gelatin - used 23 times, most recently in 2007
• Culture base - used 23 times, most recently in 2019
• Gelatin substitute - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
• Petri dish gelatin - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• Seaweed derivative - used 21 times, most recently in 2014
• Petri dish filler - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• Petri dish medium - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Seaweed extract - used 18 times, most recently in 2013
• Biology lab supply - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Petri dish substance - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Vegan gelatin substitute - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Gel in a petri dish - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Jelly for germs - used 13 times, most recently in 2014
• Bacteria culture medium - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
• Petri dish contents - used 10 times, most recently in 2010
• Thickening agent in foods - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
• Biology lab gel - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Kanten - used 9 times, most recently in 1995
• Lab culture - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Laboratory gel - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
• Bacterial culture base - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Food stabilizer - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• The first "Mr. Shirley Temple" - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Vegan's gelatin substitute - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Lab-culture medium - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Bio lab gel - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Lab gelatin - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Pastry thickener - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
• Petri dish layer - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Vegan alternative to gelatin - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Vegan substitute for gelatin - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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